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0. AND C. KURZ. ELECTRIC LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR-1.1918

1,303,332; Patented May13, 1919.

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ATTORNEY DTTO KUB'EtZ AND Rona or new ELEUTRKG ilnttllllP.

neoaaaa Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1, 1918. Serial. No. i 4 1 V the objects of ourinvention is to provide a search or spotlight arranged for use as atrouble light; in other Words, for so about the machine, should engine,tire or other troubles occur. To carry our invention into practice, Wehave designed a special mechanism organized to adapt the light for useas a spot or search-light, in which event it will be attached to asuitable bracket carried by the vehicle- (the Windshield structure forinstance) or as a trouhledight, in which event it will be detached fromits hraclzet and carried to that point Where the troijzhle exists. Toadapt the light tor the latter purpose, We

have arranged a no i'inaily coiledup cable which may he unwound when thelight dertached from its bracket and carriedlaway therefrom. UtherlE-eatzures t improvement will hereinafter appear.

We will now proceed to describe our in-- rention in detail, the novelfeatures of "which we will point out in the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is central.sectional. View of our in'iprovedlainp, the eei'ztion' heing taken on aline 1-1 in Fi 2;

Fig.2 is an end view'thereof looking LEIOi'H the left in'lfigw 1; 1

Fig. 3 is an end View. of the calole-rcel which also carries thecircuit-contacts; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional VlGW- illustrating a portionof the cable-reel, lamp casing and retaining-ring for the reel.

As herein embodied, our improved lamp consists of a casing 5 carrying"at one end thereof a reflector 6 and a lens 7, said reflector and lensbeing held in place by a retaining ring 8. The remainder of the interiorof the casing 5 houses a rotatable drum or reel 9 which supports a lampsocket 10, said 'socliet projecting through an opening 11 in thereflector 6. The socket in this by screws, Qaito an 1 5i i ate instanceis eii iipc. annular flange ll;

of the reel. socket l0 of said reel. i. drum portion or ducting); cable16 taining two cond For the propose a. reel, the rear Vr'iill yondlthedrum hi L 6 il caters the who t c in ahnularciange ,2, i t much theori-'nular hanger 230 ct rota o ring 21* is fit-e Myer an be Eecnin adjacentyou i re otlf equal (lien-r in onfitted; in other vomit-5 the 1' theflange off the 1' cl 5 and .1 the 1 tion or the lam" eter, the adja :1

tactbut unsecured To tain the ring 231 and (seeing in the atormrelationship, to 'ie other we provide a retaining ring; which w red to Elamp i. i .l hour; reel 9 and rot ring xi are both from "the casio theyare connected together i W305i hence will rotate in unison.

521 is provided with an opening "2: 3 covered a mirror 26 mounted on theinside one otthe plate "portion oi. the ring; (see l) The mirror is ainirl'orscope for use in daylight to enahle the dri rer oi? a mo torvehicle to observe those in tile rear. It will he appz-n'ent that whenthe 21 is rotated the reel Wili also be rotated, end movement on. thepart of the ring and reel heiugi; prevented by the casino; and retain--lug ring 25. attached thereto. The retaining acts a hearing member torotasupport the ring :21 and reel attache-d To rotate the ring; 521 andcable i ahl lZlIHETElLOW reel we provide said ring}; with a handle 27which houses a elidahie puslnbutton 328. The function of the push-buttonis to com plete or hrealc the circuit for a lamp (not shown) carried bythe socket 16.

The circuit for the lamp includescontacts 28 and 29 (Fig. 3; carried h}!a hloclt 30 of iueulatinglj material mounted on the rear, plate 13 ofthe reel 9 and a circuit-closer 31, also J'HOLIlt-Bti on said hioclz 3(The contacts and will each be connected to their rwpectivceonductor'iifi and 33 ofthe soclitoiz 10. (inc oi} the cable conductors18 will be connected to the contact 729,, the other cableconductor'being connected to thecir- .cuit-closer .31. As can be seen inFig. 1, the circuit-closer 31 extends to a point in line with thepush-button 28 andhence is operated to close or break the circuit bysaid push-button. WVhen the switch 31is pushed in,- the circuit will bebroken. When the push-button is pulled out, the circuit will becomplete, as the circuit-closer 31 will, at

such a time, contact with the finger 31 of the contact 28 whichoverhangs said c1rcuitcloser.

As is evident from an inspection of Fig. 1, the cable 16 is or may bewound around the reel 9, the free end thereof being passed through anopening 33 in the casing, thence through a hollow or tubular post 34which carries ears 35 pivotally connected to a bracket 36 carried by thecasing 5. The

pivotal connection referred to permits the casing to be ad usted 111 avertical plane.

. hen connected to a vehicle, the post 34:

will rotatably engage a suitable bracket 37 and hence can be adjusted ina horizontal plane and held in an adjusted position by a binding screw38. The free end of the cable 16 will be suitably connected with asource of electrical energy (not shown).

As a further feature of improvement, we

provide the casing with a supplemental.

forked support 39 adjustably held by a bracket 40 having a binding-screw4&1.

il hen connected to the bracket 32, the lamp will be used for-spot orsearch-light pur-- rest the lamp upon a running board, mud:-

. guard or the ground, the post 34 and forked support 30 can be used asa tripod or stand to support the lamp. Any angle of adjustment can beobtained by merely adjusting the post 34 and forked support 39, thebinding-screw ll and screw 42 (Fig. 2) on the bracket 36 being used tohold the post and standard in the adjusted positions,

When the lamp is to be again restored to the bracket 37, the cable 16will be rewound upon the reel by rotating said reel by means of thehandle 27. It will be, of course, understood that light will be producedwhen desired by manipulating the push-button 28.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. In an electric lamp, a rotatable reel, :1 lamp-socket carriedthereby, a conducting cable in circuit with said socket, said cablebeing wound upon said reel, a handle connected with said reel, acircuit-closer, and meanscarried by said handle, to operate thecircuit-closer.

2. In an electric lamp, a casing, a rotatable reel within the casing, alamp socket carried thereby and rotatable therewith, contacts carried bythe reel electrically connected with the conductors of said socket, acircuit-closer adjacent one of said contacts, means to operate saidcircuit-closer, a conductor connected to one of said contacts, andanother conductor connected to said circuitcloser, said conductors beingwound around said reel.

3. In an electric lamp, a casing, a rotatable reel within the casing, alamp socket carried thereby and rotatable therewith, contacts carried bythe reel electrically connected with the conductors of said socket, acircult-closer adjacent one of said contacts,

means to operate said circuit-closer, a conductor connected to one ofsaid contacts, an-

other conductor connected to said circuitcloscr, said. conductors beingwound around said reel, and a non-rotatable reflector adj acent saidsocket.

4. In a motor-vehicle spot-light, a rotatable reel, a rotatable ringsecured thereto, a casing, means to rotata'bly secure the said ring tosaid casing, a socket carried by the rotatable reel, contacts locatedcentrally of the reel in circuit withthe conductors of the socket, acircuit-closer adjacentone of said contacts, the free end of saidcircuit-closer extending to a point adjacent the periphery of said reel,means carried by the support for said reel arranged to move thecircuitcloser in and out of contact with its adjacent socket contact, aflexible conductor con- .nccted to said circuit-closer, and anotherflexible conductor connected to the socket contact on the side of thecircuit opposite to the adjacent side in which the contact adjacent thecircuit-closer is included, said fiexible conductors being wound aroundsaid 1'0- tatable reel.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 30 day of March, 1918.

OTTO KURZ. CHARLES KURZ. Witnesses MAURICE BLOCK, EDWARD A. JARVIS.

